New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-02
THE LABOR PARTY AS A TOOL
p,rusp,1.rRs AND GOV. HILL TO USE 1T.
rury NOPE TO PREVENT LABOR MOUNTAINOUS
- c.ppy THE STATE FOR LIQUOR


ooe. . IGNORANCE and financial measure which
t - nassed by the Legislature in many years
~ tbs arproval of at least one class OF pereony
ar Honor dealers The president and secretary " VIZ
Iioror Dealers Association were wreatneo ,.,,s
- the matter was referred TO yesterday. s"'o
m said the president but he declined 10 as'us' AZ
s,,,,ar further Secretsry Katzenmeyer' OF W.
Rrswers, Association said that they had not S
shsmselve. much in the matter, because my
NOT thing il necessary. An officer OF the S'a'0
Dealers Association said ,..o. tbr Vedder
q We ,,ade no particular effort TO oeie". vi" !.
an, .e..sa ,ra Lnsw beforehand that II passeo !.
I'D no yetoed saw that THE TRIBUNE q"o
from onr paper, The Beer ana h'q"0 t.;and lsft
I1n,on the abatement that we nave ono g.. Ue
srd this i. D. B. Hill, the Governor Oh ou ';,t him
IL our friend We will carry '% T.muNr did quote
rsxt election am glad The isise Ne h.tore the
roA' 49,, $780, n "a true. We said that ocioro ''s
v.dder hill passed aud you see INA, Iii WIN
trne II WAS an outrage 10 pass SUI - INN
snorld louor dealers be taxea an! n ,r..,ma,a
sno1 90 mercbautsi Our business 10 'egi'i" ,:,
groeers Vi ns.a right to drink anything they ike
o"o' =, s thew have right to eat or sleep nc
- olass NJ cranks who are teaching o'noi ,yU
tbev are not making much head""y: ~ The
:. not one of them and he 10 rising n"I ,ho
rra.t;o,, beIween those oranks anu 'no poP, 80
SS.Is n o.rsopal freedom has got to be ioug"' ou'
~ a.. ro,l. II is going to be fought out next ,".
"a am telling no secret when L say " ~"
"a will surprise some persons "no" ~ h..oo,o
Only one thing stands In the way anu wa. Ioh.r
: h.,;ava has been removed. refer 10 the h"ooi
oen''' We have about completed arrangements
thovah the aid OF the Governor 10 prevent '-e n,.
marty from nominating State ticket oeo,so that
1n.nector Connolly, and other iapor ieaueie nv r
course That will leave the held ciear ioi ~, pa
~ W. n,onose TO show that Governor Hill IN"
xoS1 norats in the Legislature have done popu.ai
.h;ng In opposing and killing the hlgh-iieense o,
a. 4.dder pil and other such measures iNoiou ';
the FRANKS Mark my words the DeAi" 90, 80
carr the state next tall by 3o.oOo. won .""'
settle the matteri Yor ask me wha' soou' sa ainc
nh".d I heleve that they will poll 6O,0oo votes az
49,, and hone they will. They think they are our
enemies but they are really our 'r'enus' anu ''
official laughed as If 1t were JOKE. $500 INV and
Other Iouor dealers talked in the same way anu
.hs;r Lind words Tor David b. Hill were many ana
mere expressed in the warmest terms. leaVIns ~
room for doubt that the Governor nas io, M Cd
alliance with the liquor dealers ;n6, 70 carry
and that OF the third party Prohipitions's " 80
a. na~t Legislature and the state lie hopes
tbronch The and OF George Blair and the irving naI
leaders to prevent the Laooe pat have ne'n con-
state ticket These NEGOTIATIONS haNe o ve uon
..otsa with his veto of the Vtdder bill the hi%h-
IScsnse bill the one prohibit liquor seling ID tHo
State Capitol and the one TO prompt is saio m,", q,
q ME of the Willard Insane Asylum. Referring 10
this matter Elhu Root chairman OF the hepuoi'c"n
County Committee, SAID vs Iii u.s "a
s;s;neenuous as that OF the Crosby HighLcense Dii
~. wanted general measure before ana 'ns tiiho
be wants something else ne n ren, ," opv biz thn
sriIl alect The business Of his friends the liquor deal
era He will always md some excuse AS LOT 'ne
rlea that the liquor dealers IN the Guy Huo"u n' 20
80 orc tnan those in The rural districts II IS not
based ON reason equity. tax that Wouiu u.oeV
mn every ouor shop in village ana res III w 'ua
roh,htiou could be paid by the city dealers "ithou.
ths !, asst trouble. The tax would come our Vi 'nc
consumers anyway. aud guess tae COUNT hen neP
TO good deal OF Tue LIQUOR su u;s aetiSn
The Governors arguments are spe"ious. no so 'nn
In saving the liquor dealers iron tax OF
and thu imposing that burden on Inc neS'o ~ 4 ~
Ia not one that can be deteuded. tDlhh tna' '"o
(overnor will vet find cause 10 regret tins veto
DR. Howard Crosby was caught on bis way 10
dinner the other evsning and had only apouen' Nv, ~
which To express mself 10 Governor nm "e'o
A. 70 the bin itself he thought that he bad exhausted
himself The veto. he said. was simply screen ior
the liquor dealers, and Governor mn nao maze , an
screen with the lowest motives ana upon tne mos.
flmsy pretences His principal claim saia ,he
doctor u.s. that all taxes should be equ no ,na'
therefore this law would be unjust because ~ taxes
New-York and Brooklyn higher than other places III
the State Why even notaries public pay a higner
tax in these cities thar theJ do IN others .nros
out the State, and tor him 10 say TINS nqoor IAN
wrong because il is rot uniform 10 an apsniuiiN'
Then there is another error. lie does no. recog,
nze the fact that all Licenses are taxes, anu ina'
licenses in all the States in the Union are -net n
the larger than the smaller cities AtDou2h .ne
nominal object is to raise revenue every oouy hLI"
thai in this case the real OBJECT was 10 overcome e
s.loon power-and the Governor knew that Inc
reasons that he gives for his veto are utterly also
and he knows that too. And the contemplioIe per
mere low politician, who does not possess the iist
qualification Tor public ONCE.
WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR POLITICAL FAITH
1t was announced yesterday that Sheridan SHOOK
the Republican leader in the XVIII Assembly DIS
trict and ex-Assemblyman John 7. Windolph OF 'ho
XIIIh District, contemplated leaving the hcpuDncah
marty because of the acton Of the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature the High License bill and The
Vedder BILL Mr. Shook Is part owner OF iaISe
brewery and Mr.. Windoiph Is the propdetor VI no u
Utah House at Eighth ave. aud Twenty -ifth-st ne
twice represented the XIIIth District In tho Assembly
and made god record. Mr. Shook Is OUT oil Town,
at his farm n Red Ho tx. Tie gave no indicauon 81
leaving party when the Legislature SSourhe.i'
and his friends laughed at the idea OF bis doing So
lie Is knows ardent admirer Of james u Blame.
Mr.. Windolph inclined last evening ~ treat
the report Joke "put up on him by some VI ms
political friends He characterized tho rubOr a. aD
surd 50 far as he Is concerned. He was elected AT
the recent primary a member Of the republican
County Committee from tho XIIIth District and Is
one OF the directors Of the Union Republican Club OF
the district. His friends in the club last evening
gave him a mock trial, and unanimously acquitted
him Of dislOyalty to the party